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Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2005

Dynamic soft tissue mobilisation increases hamstring flexibility in healthy male subjects.

D Hopper, S Deacon, S Das, A Jain, D Riddell, T Hall, K Briffa

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Trial report in British journal of sports medicine, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04334772 (Effectiveness of Percutaneous Microelectrolysis and Stretching Exercises on Agility, Strength, and Knee Joint Range in Hamstring Tightness in Athletes), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT04334772 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of Percutaneous Microelectrolysis and Stretching Exercises on Agility, Strength, and Knee Joint Range in Hamstring Tightness in Athletes

TypeinterventionalSponsorQuiropraxia y EquilibrioRan2020 to 2021Enrolled30ConditionsHamstring ContracturesArmsMuscle belly Microelectrolysis, Tendon Microelectrolysis, Stretching exercises
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Authors and funding

7 authors.

D HopperCurtin University of Technology, Shenton Park, WA 6008, Australia. d.hopper@curtin.edu.au
S Deacon
S Das
A Jain
D Riddell
T Hall
K Briffa

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dynamic soft tissue mobilisation (STM) on hamstring flexibility in healthy male subjects.

methodsForty five males volunteered to participate in a randomised, controlled single blind design study. Volunteers were randomised to either control, classic STM, or dynamic STM intervention. The control group was positioned prone for 5 min. The classic STM group received standard STM techniques performed in a neutral prone position for 5 min. The dynamic STM group received all elements of classic STM followed by distal to proximal longitudinal strokes performed during passive, active, and eccentric loading of the hamstring. Only specific areas of tissue tightness were treated during the dynamic phase. Hamstring flexibility was quantified as hip flexion angle (HFA) which was the difference between the total range of straight leg raise and the range of pelvic rotation. Pre- and post-testing was conducted for the subjects in each group. A one-way ANCOVA followed by pairwise post-hoc comparisons was used to determine whether change in HFA differed between groups. The alpha level was set at 0.05.

resultsIncrease in hamstring flexibility was significantly greater in the dynamic STM group than either the control or classic STM groups with mean (standard deviation) increase in degrees in the HFA measures of 4.7 (4.8), -0.04 (4.8), and 1.3 (3.8), respectively.

conclusionsDynamic soft tissue mobilisation (STM) significantly increased hamstring flexibility in healthy male subjects.

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AdolescentAdultAnalysis of VarianceExerciseHumansLegMaleMassageMuscle, SkeletalPliabilityRange of Motion, ArticularSingle-Blind Method

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PMID16118294
PMCPMC1725327

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